Content-Based Computer Crimes
Freedom of Expression (contd.)
Child Pornography Protection Act of 1996 (CPPA)
The first statute we will turn to is the Child Pornography Protection Act. It was passed in an effort to keep up with technological ways of producing virtual child pornography. Specifically, 18 U.S.C. Section 2256\(8\)\(B\) included in the definition of "child pornography," "such visual depiction is, or APPEARS TO BE, of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct." Section 2256\(8\)\(D\) added the words "such visual depiction is advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed in such a manner that CONVEYS THE IMPRESSION that the material is or contains a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct."
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